The Israeli settlement of Netzarim in the heart of the Gaza Strip was a
point of much conflict with militant Palestinians for several years. The
conflict was so great that the settlement was evacuated in 2005.
On one
occasion Michelangelo, the great artist, turned on his fellow artists in a
spirit of indignation. He said: “Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery
with endless pictures on the one theme of Christ in weakness, Christ on the
Cross,...
“A wife or husband may remain faithful and may
give evidence of careful attention in matters pertaining to each other, and yet
there may be a decline in first love. Similarly, a church member may be very
regular in his attendance at the services...
Roger Babson, an American historian, was visiting
the president of Argentina about one hundred years ago when the president said
to him: “You are a student of history, Will you please tell me why it is that
South America, with her unlimited...
“A young man whose father is a carpenter grows up
working in his father’s shop. He has no formal education. He owns no property
of any kind. One day he puts down his tools and walks out of his father’s shop.
He starts preaching on street corners...
George Stott, a one-legged school teacher from Scotland, volunteered
for missionary service in China. When asked why he with only one leg thought of
going to China, he said, “I do not see those with two legs going, so I must.”
Thus began his more...
“I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot,
and I’ll fight it as long as I’ve got a fist. I’ll butt it as long as I’ve got
a head. I’ll bite it as long as I’ve got a tooth. When I’m old and fistless and
footless and toothless, I’ll...